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<p>The Government and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) recognise the challenges
facing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK economy in their preparations
for the Data Protection Bill and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The
ICO is leading on providing guidance and support to UK organisations and have already
published a number of resources on the Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) to help
all organisations prepare. The ICO has: launched a dedicated helpline service for
smaller organisations; updated its 'SMEs toolkit' to reflect the requirements of the
GDPR; simplified its "12-step" GDPR preparation guidance; and published
FAQs for SMEs. To support the ICO the Government delivered an awareness-raising marketing
campaign targeted at those organisations and sectors, including SMEs, most in need
of support. There is still more to do in this space and the Government will continue
to support the ICO to ensure the UK is prepared.</p>
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